So I signed up for one of those dating sites

[LostintheOzone]

"I tried a couple of the sites. I decided most of the men were intimidated by a self sufficient, pickup drivin', sports car lovin', gun totin', whiskey drinkin' redhead. And my dog didn't like any of them."
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Got a picture of the sports car?

You probably should get a picture of the dog first. Seen a couple that had issues with guys getting too close to their owners.

 

[pawngal]

You did it again. No can see them pictures.

OK. I'll delete that post and try a different way later.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I think she already posted pics of her car. MGB IIRC.

 

[Bullet Bob]

My post was just a rehash of an old joke.

 

[Kiwi cop]

When my first marriage ended I spent 9 long and lonely months in a small town with very little social life. I ended up having two very brief long distance (4 hours drive away) relationships that I ended up moving a further 8 hours drive away from finally to end. It was an even smaller town and the only companionship I had were mytwo dogs.

One night I walked into one of the local bars just to let them know I was working and to keep things quiet for the night. As I walked in my eye caught a particular lady to one side of the bar. While talking to the barman he introduced me to her. 20 years later we are still together, happily married.

I almost lost her last year and the thought of it happening was terrible.

As for those dating sites, a recently separated colleague tried those. If it looks too good to be true it is. And if they ask for money, run and don't look back.

 

[Grayfox]

If it looks too good to be true it is. And if they ask for money, run and don't look back.

Yep, there will always be those who try to take advantage of the lonely. Every once in a while. I'll get a message from a woman who is supposed to be around my age (63) and the picture shows some young hottie. I just delete those and move on.
However, it seems that women are more often the target of scam artists. I can't even tell you how many women I met over the years that had stories of some guy giving them a sad story and saying stuff like " if I just had a couple of thousand, I could work it all out."

 

[ben_g1]

This is so true. Lock your dog and your girlfriend in the trunk of your car for an hour. When you open the trunk lid, one will be very happy to see you, the other will be mad.

That is too funny and so true, thanks for the laugh

 

[JayFramer]

The dating sites are good for quick hookups for lonely nights but I don't know, still kind of prefer the old fashioned way of going to the tavern etc.

 

[the ringo kid]

sadly, most of the dating sites are full of people that use it as just a meat locker...
I am part of one of those sites and I was reading a profile of what I considered to be an attractive lady then I noticed everything she said she did not like doing such as goung to clubs, hangin out at local bars just happened to be in the backround of 95% of her pics she posted....... not to mention the half naked pics.
Please don't get me wrong, I am so far away from being prude but good grief. I really don't think dating should be so difficult but people make it that way.
Too many liberal minded females ( Bernie fans) makes me puke

Some of your lines say it all. The first one disturbs me as I do not treat women like meat-though I am guilty of making a stupid thoughtless comment recently-which I STILL feel bad about. This happened about 2 months ago I think??

 

[pmanton]

Not a dating site, but Classmates made my life complete. I retired from the military in 1975 and from industry in 2000. I went to school full time for two years then I was hit with---What Now!!!

I decided to that I would load my Westie and myself in my 2 place airplane and just take off for places unknown flying all over the country.

I signed up for Classmates with the idea off hooking up with old schoolmates to visit in my wandering.

I immediately got a message from a girl I was seriously infatuated with back in 1956. I've been looking for you for over 30 years said Winona.

What happened was that I was a young Marine scheduled to go over seas and I didn't commit. Once there cheap booze and loose women led me astray. Letters faded away and we lost contact. Over the years I often looked at the moon and wondered if Winona was seeing it also.

That was October 2003. By February 2004 we were married. She is the same wonderful soulmate she was in 1956. Our interests mesh 100% I am truly a complete person.

Our regret is the 47 years it took to get back together.

 

[MOONDAWG]

I plan on never getting married again.

Whenever I get the urge, I just find some woman I hate and buy her a house.

 

[the ringo kid]

Well, I just signed up and was tested for that plenty of fish site. Before I left, had two look-sees. Couldn't read them as they wanted money--figures. However, I saved about 10 women whose profiles I liked and who are locals.

 

[Farmer17]

One of the bad things about dating today is how accessible you are via technology. One recently divorced guy I know in his 50s said he would meet some nice gals but they would drive him crazy texting him all the time night and day. Between cell phone calls, texts, and emails he never had a peaceful moment and he said most of the ladies also had constant drama from their kids still living at home that were in their 20s or 30s and that was enough to make him want to stay single.

 

[Mule Packer]

A friend in church was burnt badly by his Russian born wife. Those East European girls often look terrific but IMHO they're aliens from another planet, their thought processes and outlooks on life.....

One of my colleagues went through that. It started out by him wanting to travel to Russia on a vacation because that's where his grandmother came from.

He contacted a couple of different travel agencies over there and was immediately bombarded with replies from a couple of their "special tour guides"...complete with pictures of them both scantily clad in bikinis in rather provocative poses.

He decided to correspond with one of them which resulted in another barrage of...ahem...interesting (to say the least) pictures.

Long story short...he flew over there for his vacation. In less than an hour, their relationship became "less than professional," if you catch my drift.

He brought her over to the states because she was "madly in love with him" even though there was a twenty year difference in their ages. They got married and she began a whirlwind spending spree, starting off with a couple of pairs of $500 designer shoes. Then she wanted a new car with custom paint job. (She didn't know how to drive, so private lessons came after that.)

She got her citizenship, but kept complaining about everything in the US not being like Ukraine. She got pregnant, had a baby, divorced the guy, took him to the cleaners and had him put her up in a luxurious apartment in a big metropolitan area, paying alimony, child support, and anything else she could get.

He wound up having to sell his house, work full-time, plus a couple of part-time jobs just to keep his head above water.

And to make matters worse, during the five years they were married, he had to eat her lousy cooking.

If love ain't blind, in his case, it sure as heck could've used a strong pair of glasses!

 

[DeathGrip]

She got her citizenship,[/QUOTE

That's when the trouble starts. Heck it starts as soon as they get here.

I was dating my soon to be wife and a Russian gal started working at the same bar. Dang good looking too. She was to marry this guy that obviously most American girls wouldn't have looked at twice. Clue?

Well she went right to work on me. Knowing I was with her co-worker. Clue?

As soon as she got her papers and her daughter over here she left him for another guy.

 

[GaryS]

Men are often intimidated by perfect women.

On a more serious note, my observation is that your observation is pretty accurate. I worked with a number intelligent, self assured, very attractive women. Some of them had a lot of trouble meeting men who weren't complete losers.

I'll go so far as to say my daughter has that problem.

Note that her intelligence, self assurance, and beauty did not come from her Dad.

From the ladies side........

I tried a couple of the sites. I decided most of the men were intimidated by a self sufficient, pickup drivin', sports car lovin', gun totin', whiskey drinkin' redhead. And my dog didn't like any of them.

 

[carpriver]

I thought about joining a dating service but my wife didn't think it was a good idea, not if I would like to keep my things and my guns and tools and my truck.